NHTSA Complaint #10874656 — 2008 FORD EDGE

IN RECENT WEEKS, CAR AT TIMES SEEMED TO SLIP SLIGHTLY WHILE SHIFTING OR THERE WAS A HARD, LAGGING SHIFT. WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING, INFO/TRIP READOUT ON DASH SHOWED DASHES INSTEAD OF NUMBERS. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, MULTIPLE WARNING LIGHTS SHOWED ON DASH, INCLUDING PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT, A WRENCH ICON, THEN THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING ICON. READOUT THEN CHANGED TO A TIRE PRESSURE FAULT MESSAGE. PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND AFTER MAKING A TURN, CAR SEEMED UNDER-POWERED/ACCELERATION WAS COMPROMISED. STOPPED AT A SERVICE STATION, TURNED OFF THE CAR, THEN RESTARTED. AFTER RESTARTING, WARNING ICONS ON DASH DISAPPEARED. WHEN CAR WAS SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, CAR JERKED VIOLENTLY AND LOUD 'CLUNKING' NOISE OCCURRED. SHIFTING IN AND OUT OF REVERSE, WHILE THE CAR WAS STILL STATIONARY, JERKING BECAME EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED AND CLUNKING NOISE BECAME LOUDER. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO FORD DEALER - AFTER DIAGNOSIS, WAS TOLD 2 SENSORS (THE TSS & OSS) IN THE TRANSMISSION WERE FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ADDITIONALLY, WAS TOLD FAN MODULE WAS ALSO FAULTY, NEEDED REPLACING. APPROXIMATELY $1700 IN REPAIRS AND WAS WITHOUT THE CAR FOR OVER A WEEK. AFTER RESEARCHING ISSUE ONLINE, CAME ACROSS MANY PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM IN FORD EDGES, ALMOST ALWAYS AROUND THE SAME MILEAGE (APPROX. 77,800) AND FOR VARIOUS YEARS. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL! TO BE HONEST, THOUGH THE CAR IS OPERATING NORMALLY AT THE MOMENT, I HAVE LITTLE TO NO CONFIDENCE THAT THIS SENSOR REPAIR ACTUALLY FIXES THE PROBLEM LONG TERM AS SOME ANECDOTAL RESEARCH SEEMS TO SHOW THAT OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED A RETURN OF THE ISSUE EVEN AFTER THE SENSOR REPLACEMENT. I BELIEVE THIS SITUATION WARRANTS INVESTIGATION BY NHTSA AS FORD WILL DENY/IGNORE THE PROBLEM UNTIL FORCED TO ADDRESS IT. TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE AND NOT ONLY IS IT COSTLY, BUT COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS AS WELL.